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Because Of You, I Am A Survivor

“But as for me, I will always have hope.” Psalm 71:14

Katherine Lucas
Apr 11, 2016
Western Kentucky University
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Because Of You, I Am A Survivor
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Dear Cancer,

Why did you do that to me? Why did you do that to my family? Did you think you were going to win another fight? Well, guess what, you didn’t. You weren’t going to take me out just like that.

Did you think that it was okay to nearly destroy a seven-year-old girl’s life? It’s not okay and it’s never going to be okay. All you do is magically appear into peoples’ lives and destroy them but some of them destroy you; I was one of them. I never gave up the battle against you and your evilness. My family wasn’t going to allow me to give up and neither was my God. He was by my side through it all and never stopped believing in me and I never stopped believing in him.

Sometimes I just wonder if you know how much pain and confusion you cause people; not just children like I once was but adults, too. I know so many people and families that have been affected by you and they don’t even understand why you do what you do. Why do you cause people so much pain and take away their lives? There are so many things that make life beautiful like puppies, sunshine, sunsets, cookies, music, etc. and a lot of people will never be able to experience any of these things anymore because of you.

I am one of the lucky ones who have won your fight and have never had another meeting with you so let’s keep it that way. But, because of you I have several different doctors for several different reasons that I constantly have to keep checking on. I don’t deserve to wake up wondering which doctor appointments I have to go to this week just because you once gave me the worst three months of my entire life. I’m always going to have to deal with this because of you. Because of you I am who I am today. Because of you I learned how to fight for what I want, I learned how to not give up, but mostly, I learned how to be strong.

I never want another day to go by where I feel like I’m not strong enough to make it through the day just because I’m hurting. I’ve been through the worst and came out a survivor because of you. Because of you I am now the strong young woman I was destined to be. Because of you I am a winner. Because of you I am a survivor.

“But as for me, I will always have hope.” Psalm 71:14

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